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Manshardt v. Fed. Judicial Qualifications Comm.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging that defendant-Federal Judicial Qualifications Committee violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act(FACA),...

Charles H. Wesley Educ. Found. Inc. v. Cox

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
The district court properly granted a preliminary injunction which enjoined Georgia state officials from rejecting voter registration forms submitted...

Gonzalez-Pina v. Rodriguez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff did not establish a prima facie case of...

Simkins v. Bruce

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court erred when it dismissed plaintiff-inmate's claim, alleging that the failure to forward his legal mail interfered with his right of...

Behavioral Inst. of Indiana v. Hobart City of Common Council

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff's section 1983 action, which alleged that defendant improperly denied a land use variance, as...

W. States Paving Co. v. Washington State Dep't of Transp.

Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, which authorizes the use of race- and sex-based preferences in federally funded transportation...

Tillison v. City of San Diego

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
California Vehicle Code section 22658(l)(1), which requires a towing company to obtain written authorization from a property owner when towing a...

Lawrence v. Reed

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, the grant of qualified immunity to defendant-police officer is reversed where defendant should have known that the seizure...

Librers v. Black

Constitutional Law, Family Law
A "presumed father," pursuant to Family Code section 7611(d), has standing to prosecute an action under the Uniform Parentage Act.

Castleberry v. Goldome Credit Corp.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Contracts
12 U.S.C. section 1819 provides federal subject matter jurisdiction when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is made a party to state court...